Women
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From ![]() Renewing Social Reproduction FeminismFrom: Women and Work |
The author argues that precarious workforces are the result of systematic oppression and that social reproduction labour is critical to resisting capital labour. | Susan Ferguson | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() Saving a Grand Old LadyPart I |
Part one of Saving a Grand Old Lady focuses on the life of Louise Bethune (born Jennie Louise Blanchard), one of the “exceptional women” admitted into the architecture profession … | Carla Blank; Tania Martin | 30 | 2014 | $3.00 Add |
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From ![]() Saving a Grand Old LadyPart II |
Part two of Saving a Grand Old Lady focuses on the life of Louise Bethune (born Jennie Louise Blanchard), one of the “exceptional women” admitted into the architecture profession … | Carla Blank; Tania Martin | 22 | 2014 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() Saving a Grand Old LadyPart III |
Part three of Saving a Grand Old Lady focuses on the life of Louise Bethune (born Jennie Louise Blanchard), one of the “exceptional women” admitted into the architecture profession … | Carla Blank; Tania Martin | 25 | 2014 | $2.50 Add |
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From ![]() Service in France at No. 1 Canadian General HospitalFrom: Asleep in the Deep |
Anna Stamers was transfered to France in 1916. Hospitals in France were set up to receive all incoming wounded from the Allied forces, as well as civilians and prisoners of war. Horrible … | Dianne Kelly | 32 | 2021 | $3.20 Add |
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From ![]() Sewing the Threads of Resilience |
Twentieth-Century Indian Homemakers’ Clubs in Western Canada | Sarah A. Nickel | 18 | $1.80 Add | |
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From ![]() Signing up to ServeFrom: Asleep in the Deep |
This chapter describes the distinctive Canadian Nursing Sister uniform and the procedures undergone to recruit and select nurses for the Canadian Army Medical Corp once war was declared. … | Dianne Kelly | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() Socialist FeminismTwo Approaches to Understanding Women's Work From: Women and Work |
This chapter explores socialist feminism in the nineteenth century, focusing on the intersection between social reproduction theory and its analysis of women’s unpaid work at home. | Susan Ferguson | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
![]() Storming the Old Boys’ CitadelTwo Pioneer Women Architects of Nineteenth Century North America |
“Women” and “architecture” were once mutually exclusive terms. In an 1891 address, Louise Blanchard Bethune declared, “it is hardly safe to assert” that a … | Carla Blank; Tania Martin | 234 | 2014 | View |
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From ![]() Sweetheart HeroinesFrom: Immodest and Sensational |
1940-1955. Examines the effect of the war on women’s sports and how the immidiate post-war period was characterized by a remarkable emphasis on beauty, grace, femininity and, for some … | M. Ann Hall | 10 | 2008 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Eyes of the HeartFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter Eleven focuses on the experiences of women in the field of ornithology and the larger naturalist movement. The chapter provides a brief history of the ornithology, the gender barrier … | Merilyn Simonds | 22 | 2022 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The Golden BirdFrom: Woman, Watching |
Chapter One provides a brief introduction to Louise de Kiriline Lawrence, the self-trained amateur ornithologist and field nurse who is the subject of this book. The chapter discusses topics … | Merilyn Simonds | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! The hard limits of neoliberal feminismThe Trudeau record on gender politics From: The Trudeau Record |
This chapter looks at the record of the Trudeau Liberal government on gender politics, including its policies on reproductive rights, affordable child care, parental leave and general issues of … | Katherine Scott | 16 | 2024 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() The Labour LensFrom: Women and Work |
The chapter considers the question – "What is work?" – then explores the historical intersections between capitalism, work, women, and feminist theory. | Susan Ferguson | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
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From ![]() The Rational-Humanist Roots of Equality FeminismFrom: Women and Work |
The author examines the historical roots of the equality feminist perspective, highlighting how education and work has been traditionally gendered. | Susan Ferguson | 21 | 2020 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() The Sister with a HammerPart I |
Part one of Sister with a Hammer focuses on the life of Mother Joseph (born Esther Pariseau) a Catholic nun who is representative of the nameless pioneer women who helped to build nineteenth … | Carla Blank; Tania Martin | 28 | 2014 | $2.80 Add |










